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camwynSingapore to Get a Little Messy in New Techno-Park
Fri February 21, 2003 08:31 AM ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Squeaky-clean Singapore plans to get a little messy.
The strictly controlled city state, where spitting is illegal and pornography is a crime, said it would tolerate "some untidiness" in a new office and residential area designed for creative and scientific industries...
The rest of the news story is here. I hope y'all will excuse me just a moment's worth of American parochialism when I say that I find the idea of the government biting its bottom lip and reluctantly saying 'well... okay, I guess we can let them make a few messes' to be highly entertaining.
... okay, I'll be quiet now. Sorry about that.
Fri February 21, 2003 08:31 AM ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Squeaky-clean Singapore plans to get a little messy.
The strictly controlled city state, where spitting is illegal and pornography is a crime, said it would tolerate "some untidiness" in a new office and residential area designed for creative and scientific industries...
The rest of the news story is here. I hope y'all will excuse me just a moment's worth of American parochialism when I say that I find the idea of the government biting its bottom lip and reluctantly saying 'well... okay, I guess we can let them make a few messes' to be highly entertaining.
... okay, I'll be quiet now. Sorry about that.
